by Emily Grason | Jan 26, 2026 | Coastal Green Crab, Green Crab Management, Green Crab Trend
Washington’s Pacific coast has a different European green crab history than the Salish Sea and faces different conditions, so here we share a summary of 2025 green crab status and trends focused on sites within coastal estuaries. This summary is based on data...
by Emily Grason | Feb 13, 2025 | Coastal Green Crab, Green Crab Management, Green Crab Trend
Statewide trapping partners from the 2024 WSG Trappers’ Summit hosted by Crab Team at the Clearwater Casino in Suquamish. Staff from partners working with tribes, agencies, and shellfish growers convened in December, sharing observations and questions to help...
by WSG Crab Team | May 7, 2024 | Coastal Green Crab, Green Crab Management, Green Crab Trend
Pacific Coast The momentum and dedication to extensive trapping for European green crab on Washington’s Pacific coastline continued to grow through 2023. Over the course of the year, nearly 355,000 green crabs were removed from the coastal estuaries and shorelines....
by WSG Crab Team | Jun 15, 2023 | Coastal Green Crab, Green Crab Management, Green Crab Trend
As we dive into the 2023 European green crab trapping season, it’s important to reflect on the insights gained from the coastal green crab populations in 2022. This summary of green crab observations from Washington’s coastal estuaries complements our Inland 2022...
by WSG Crab Team | Dec 20, 2020 | Coastal Green Crab, Green Crab Management, Green Crab Trend
A bucket of European green crabs caught in Willapa Bay in early fall 2020. Credit: Alex Stote/WSG As we hang up our hip boots to dry until next season (right next to the holiday lights, of course), it’s a good time to stop and reflect on what we were able to...
by WSG Crab Team | Aug 30, 2020 | Coastal Green Crab, Green Crab Management, Green Crab Trend, Team News
Header photo credit: Emily Grason/WSG In 2016, when invasive European green crabs were first found on San Juan Island, media coverage left a lot of folks on Washington’s coast scratching their heads. Why the sudden concern? After all, green crabs were first detected...
